Ronaldo: I Want To Be A Part Of United History

February 10, 2008

Cristiano Ronaldo is having an incredible season for the Champions and is set to break a record set by George Best by the end of the season. 32 goals in one season is what Best managed and Ronaldo is just five goals short of that total, meaning there is no way Ronaldo could avoid being added to our history books.

With Munich on the minds of all our players ahead of today’s derby day clash, Ronaldo has reflected on the importance of the Babes as well as his role at United. “I’ve seen a few videos and seen not just Bobby Charlton, who in my opinion was one of the best ever, but other players,” he said. “I see this fantastic team, an amazing team with a good spirit. I remember in one of the clips, when one guy scored a goal, all the other players celebrated with him and did the same thing – that was great. Now, in the present, we have better cameras, better television, everything is better, and I want the lads who are coming up to one day remember Cristiano, Giggsy, our whole team. It’s a pressure and it’s an honour for me to look at the old players and think one day I would like to be the same, for everyone to recognise and respect the players of today. Maybe in 50 years another guy will be in my position and look back and say, ‘Cristiano – he was a great player’. I want that.”

Football fan like me says preferably with same team, even better with my dear old team.

Ronnie needs to make up his mind. Is it 10-20? years stay or 5-10 years. I know he qualifies each projection with ‘one never knows what might happen in football’. I am therefore glad he actually put a positive projection and note that the last time he talked about it while away (typically that’s when he mentions Spain etc), he was assertive in wanting to stay with us for some years yet. That is a change.

Looking forward to at least another 3-5 years stay. That should give him enough time to add to his legend. He is a great player and I can’t think of a reason he why he isn’t already a legend. Still the supporters would admire him a lot more if he improved on the personal side. They already love him any which way.